Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider has one of the best seats in the house for the Stanley Cup Final. As a backup, the native of Marblehead, Mass., gets to watch every second from the end of the bench, soaking in the tension in nearly the same way a fan would. He made an appearance in Game 6 of the conference quarterfinals, playing well before leaving during the third period with an injury against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Schneider is one the best young goaltenders in the League, and he'll be sharing his experiences throughout this series against the Bruins with NHL.com in his blog, Cory's Story. Following Game 1, he talked about his hectic day and first experience with the Stanley Cup Final.

VANCOUVER -- After last night's game, the mood in the locker room was so much fun. To have Raffi Torres get that goal as our only guy with Stanley Cup experience made it really special.

VANCOUVER -- There are always obstacles to overcome if a player wants to reach his goal of winning a Stanley Cup. For Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo, that obstacle for parts of Wednesday night was 6-foot-9 and 255 pounds.

In an effort to obstruct Luongo's vision, the Boston Bruins placed mammoth defenseman Zdeno Chara at the top of Luongo's crease during the power plays. It didn't have the desired effect, as Luongo was flawless during the Canucks' 1-0 victory in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Arena.

VANCOUVER -- If the Boston Bruins made a list before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final of tasks they needed to perform Wednesday night to defeat the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena, there would be a lot of checkmarks after the contest.

Shut down Vancouver's prolific power play? Check. Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg win the battle against Henrik and Daniel Sedin? Check. Create more chances on the power play? Check. Receive a standout performance from goaltender Tim Thomas? Check.

And yet the Bruins are now down 1-0 in this series, after Raffi Torres scored the game's only goal with 18.5 seconds left in regulation.

VANCOUVER – It appeared Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was heading for overtime with the two teams scoreless, and less than a minute remaining in the third, but then at Raffi Torres beat Tim Thomas with 19 seconds remaining in the game to give the Canucks a 1-0 win on Wednesday night at Rogers arena.

On the play, Vancouver center Ryan Kesler did a good job of keeping the play onside at the Bruins blue line and then fed a pass cross-ice to Jannik Hansen. The danish forward saw Torres streaking down the left side and it appeared Thomas had committed to Hansen shooting. Hansen sent the puck across to Torres and Torres was able to beat Thomas, who was diving to catch the shot from the trailer on the play.

"They were able to keep it in at the blue line," said Thomas. "(Hansen) was able to get into a spot where I was starting to cut down the angle because he was in a dangerous enough spot that I had to take that shot and that's when he was able to make the pass to the guy cutting to the net – I didn't even know (Torres) was there."

VANCOUVER -- Raffi Torres didn't need to be reminded about how trying last summer was for him as he searched and searched for a job offer that finally came from Vancouver GM Mike Gillis in late August.

Well, he was anyway, but Torres had no problems laughing it off Wednesday night. When you become the hero of Game 1 in the Stanley Cup Final, it's easy to look back fondly at the difficult road it took you to get there.

Torres' path to the press conference room at Rogers Arena was certainly tumultuous, but he got there by scoring the lone goal in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final with 18.5 seconds remaining on the clock in the third period. Torres put home a perfectly placed pass from Jannik Hansen to give Vancouver a 1-0 win over the Bruins and a 1-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final.

VANCOUVER -- Wednesday's Game 1 featured enough thrills, chills and great saves to hint at a dramatic Final in the making. In less than 500 words, here are the game's top moments:

Save of the game: The Canucks had a couple Grade-A scoring chances early in the third period, but none better than Jannik Hansen's breakaway near the five-minute mark. The Danish forward was sent in all alone by defenseman Christian Ehrhoff but could not beat Thomas five-hole.

Shift of the game: Twenty-eight seconds into the second period Kevin Bieksa took a high-sticking penalty giving the Boston Bruins a 5-on-3 man advantage for 1:33. The Bruins worked the puck around well and got four shots on goal, but could not solve Luongo.

"We had some good movement, we had some good shots, but we weren't able to find that one that was able to squeeze in," said forward Milan Lucic, who was on the Bruins second power-play unit.

Boston's power play finished the night 0-for-6 with 12 shots, dropping to 6-for-57 in the playoffs.

Boston backup goalie Tuukka Rask is giving NHL.com an inside look at the Boston Bruins throughout the Stanley Cup Final. Behind the Rask will provide daily updates on Boston's experiences throughout the Stanley cup Final as seen through the eyes of the 24-year-old Finnish goalie.

In his first entry, Rask talks about the brilliant play of Tim Thomas in Game 1 and how Thomas and the Bruins can deal with the emotions generated by the heartbreaking 1-0 loss in Game 1 on Wednesday.

Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider has one of the best seats in the house for the Stanley Cup Final. As a backup, the native of Marblehead, Mass., gets to watch every second from the end of the bench, soaking in the tension in nearly the same way a fan would. He made an appearance in Game 6 of the conference quarterfinals, playing well before leaving during the third period with an injury against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Schneider is one the best young goaltenders in the League, and he'll be sharing his experiences throughout this series against the Bruins with NHL.com in his blog, Cory's Story. Following Game 1, he talked about his hectic day and first experience with the Stanley Cup Final.

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I don't have a crystal ball. Predicting is a real complicated thing. If we stay healthy, have enough depth and get the good goaltending we think we're going to have, you can go all the way. But a lot of things have to happen. There's going to be a lot of teams that think the same thing. Everyone made deals. We're all are optimistic about where we'll end up.

— Rangers general manager Glen Sather after being asked if he's constructed a team that can win the Stanley Cup before their 4-1 win against the Predators on Monday